Miss Sylvia Suzanna Sparks died Saturday at midnight, following a 4 week illness. She was born June 23, 1879, at LaFayette County, WI. Until the time of her last illness she had been employed at the Cutter Crosette Shirt factory. Her home had been in Elgin for the last twenty years.Surviving her are her mother, Mrs. Doris Sparks, four brothers, John Henry of Winslow IL, William Arthur of Elgin and three sisters, Mrs. Frank Redfern of Galena, IL, Mrs. Hattie Baxter of Rockford and Mrs. Rose LeBlanc of Oak Park.The body will be sent to Winslow today. Burial services will be held tomorrow.Elgin, IL paper from January, 1924. Submitted by: Tracy on Tue, 15 Oct 2002